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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

However, more and more companies are exploring the use of last mile drones, hoping to bring down the cost of deliveries while improving customer service. The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland.

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Broman Group Chooses RELEX to Automate its Replenishment Processes

RELEX Solutions

With the new, automated practices, the company’s employees can focus more on developing the business and improving customer service. This project shows our strength in complex supply chain environments and reinforces our market position as the leading forecasting and replenishment system vendor in Finland,” says Emma Aidanpa?a?-Salmi,

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RELEX Takes Stake in Zenopt to Offer Workforce Optimization to Retailers

RELEX Solutions

New partnership recognizes that managing labor efficiently helps reduce costs and improve customer service. We expect ever better service when we go shopping and we hope this will be yet another way in which RELEX helps retailers re-focus their efforts on their customers.”.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

In 2014, researchers from China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland conducted a study to identify global trends in the logistics industry, relevant opportunities and challenges, and how logistics companies can better position themselves in China.

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Customer Voice: Towards Forecast-based Workforce Optimization

RELEX Solutions

With the right system and smart algorithms in place, though, retailers can optimize work shifts for each department based on 1) customer volume per store at any given time of any day, as well as 2) what products they will likely purchase. Tiina Siurua. Team Leader for Stockmann’s Shift Planners.

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Customer Service. Customer Service. AssistEdge – Customer Service Experience. However, the social media analytics should be brought into the supply chain strategy only after performing a due diligence on the customer demographics, location, culture etc. Business Process Outsourcing.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

With over 1 million daily unique visitors and €2 billion in annual sales , CDiscount is the largest French marketplace for any retailer to reach French customers. Coolshop is a Denmark based marketplace and has expanded its presence into Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. million active customers , Real.de